mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascall -- pascal rep in defense of bribery --rep. pascrell: [indiscernible] >> mr. mcdermott aye. ms. lee aye. ms. lujan grisham aye. mr. chairman, no. rep. price: have all members voted? a members want to change their vote? >> the aye's are 14 and the no's are 22. amendment number 24 offered by mr. van hollen relating to overseas contingency operations. rep. price: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. representative van hollen: the games that this committee plays with defense spending -- here is what the committee said last year. it said abuse of the oco adjustment is a backdoor loophole that undermines the integrity of the budget process. the budget committee will recognize the responsibilities in regards to oco and will approve increases our leaders say are needed to carry out operations. that is this committee unanimously. what this budget does is say ignore what the committee told the whole rest of the congress last year. in fact, what we're doing my putting in extra money is precisely what we said we would

mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascal, aye. mr. ryan, aye. ms. castor? this castor, aye. mr. mcdermott, aye. miss lee aye. ms. lujan grisham? ms. lujan grisham? mr. lou? mr. lou, aye. mr. norcross? mr. norcross? mr. moulton? mr. moulton, aye. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. mr. cole? mr. cole, no. mr. chairman? mr. chairman, no. chairman: at all members voted? any member wish to change the vote? clerk will report. clerk: the ayes are 12 and the nos are 21. chairman: the next amendment is number 12. clerk: amendment number 12 offered by mr. yarmouth in immigration reform. chairman: mr. yarmouth is recognized for 10 minister -- 10 minutes. rep. yarmuth: there are some issues that we all agree need to be addressed immediately. i think it is safe to say that everything on one of us believes that our current immigration system is broken. what is often missing from the reform debate is the economic impact of enacting conference of immigration reform legislation. according to the cbo comprehensive bipartisan immigration reform legislation passed by the senate in the last congress would've reduced our

mr. yarmouth. >> aye. >> mr. ryan. >> aye. >> mr. ieryan aye. ms. moore. >> aye. >> mr. mcdermottcdermott. >> aye. >> miss lee. >> aye. >> mr. pocan aye. mr. lou. >> aye. >> mr. lou, aye. mr. norcross. >> aye. mr. molten. >> aye. mr. diaz. ms. black. >> no. >> ms. black no. mr. palmer. >> no. >> mr. palmer, no. mr. chairman. >> no. mr. . >> mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members wishing to vote or change their vote? if not the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote the ayes are 13 and the noes are 21. >> the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed popto. are there further amendments. >> i have an agreement at the desk. this is number 13. the clerk will designate. >> amendment number 13 offered by mr. ryan related to manufacturing program. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. ryan is recognized for six minutes. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to offer this amendment accelerating growth in u.s. manufacturing. i think this is an issue that i hope we can establish some bipartisan support for this. manufacturing is critical in the united states and cr

mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascrell? mr. ryan, aye. ms. moore, aye. ms. kaptur, aye. ms. lee aye. mr. polk and, aye. mrs. dingell, aye. mr. liu, aye. plfer moulton? mr. garrett, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. stutzman? mr. mooney? mr. mooney. mr. pascrell? mr. mcdermott? mr. moulton? mr. chairman. mr. price: no. have all members voted? all members voted. any member wish to change their votes? if not, the clerk will report the tally. the clerk: the ayes are 20 -- the ayes are 11 and the noes are 20. mr. price: gave me a heart attack. the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. the next amendment is amendment number 5. the clerk will designate the amendment and the staff will distribute the copies. the clerk: amendment number 5 offered by mrs. dingell related to medicaid. mr. price: the gentlelady is recognized for six minutes. mrs. dingell: i'm offering a simple amendment that would reject the cuts to medicaid over 10 years that is contained in the budget resolution we are considering today. my amendment will ensure that seniors persons with disabilities and working families do not l

mr. yarmouth aye. mr. pass krel. >> yeah. >> mr. pass krel? >> yes? yes. >> mr. passkrel aye. mr. ryan. >> mr. ryan aye. ms. moore? >> aye. >> ms. moore aye. >> ms. caster. >> aye. >> ms. caster aye. mr. mcdermott? >> aye. >> mr. mcdermott aye. ms. lee? >> aye. >> ms. lee aye. mr. pocan. >> aye. >> mr. pocan aye. ms. lou hahn grisham. >> aye. >> mr. dingell. >> aye. >> mr. lou. >> aye. >> mr. nor cross? >> aye. >> mr. molten. >> aye. >> mr. molten aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman no. >> are there any members wishing to vote or change interest vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> on that vote the ayes are 14 and the intonos are 22. are there further amendments? >> mr. chairman i have amendment. this is amendment number 17. the clerk will designate the amendment. >> the amendment number 17 offered by mr. van holland relating to social security. >> mr. van holland is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. this amendment is straightforward. the budget resolution presented by republican colleagues has some language to establish a process that could fast-tra

mr. yarmouth. good afternoon to all of you. i'm congressman butterfield and represent the 1st district of north carolina, chief deputy whip of the house democratic caucus and chairman of the congressional black caucus. but today, i speak in my individual capacity as one of 435 members of the house. you know -- my first reaction was to come to this press conference this afternoon and simply remains silent and just keep my personal opinions personal. but that is contrary to my personality, and so, i will simply just lay out some facts that supported my conclusion. i was a judge for 15 years in north carolina, and 15 years before that, i was a lawyer. in the first thing we would always do would be to establish the facts and then we would draw upon the facts and reach our conclusion. fact number 1 -- emma kratz, in my opinion and i know most of them, if not all of them, support the right of israel to exist, free from the threat of annihilation from iran or other states. that is a fact. fact number 2 -- i personally support the righ

mr. yarmouth. [ inaudible ] >> the budget before us today not only fails to add desz the challenges of hard-working american families it jeopardizes the tools of opportunity that can help them get ahead. the amendments we will offer throughout this process are designed to reflect the needs and protect the priorities of american families. and i'd like to use my state as an example of what's at stake in this budget process. in addition to massive cuts to medicaid masked under the guise of a block grant program this proposal would end medicate expansion under the affordable care act. in the commonwealth of kentucky with a population of little more than four million people, 375,000 residents were able to get health coverage under medicaid expansion just last year. in my district alone, we reduced the number of uninsured by 81%. over the next six years, this expansion is projected to create are 40,000 new jobs statewide and inject $30 billion into our economy. this combination of taxes revenue, and cost savings is estimated to generate a net budget again of nearly $820 million for state and local govern

mr. yarmouth. >> next is jim mcdermott of washington. >> thank you and good morning. i concur in the remarks of most of my colleagues. but i want to take a somewhat different point to talk about so as not to repeat. the president of the united states's responsibility is to protect the people of the united states. that's his first and foremost responsibility. and in so doing, he has to deal with all kinds of things. when he came into office, we were at war in afghanistan. we were at war in iraq, and he has gradly tried to bring those -- gradually tried to bring those situations down and let the forces in most countries begin their evolution of whatever kind of government they want. in the case of iran, we have had the president leading a negotiated effort consistently pushing forward in spite of a constant barage of efforts to undermine even before it got off the ground and here we are again today seeing that same thing. what you are witnessing today was a very old concept, if you can make the people afraid, you can make them do anything. and that's what prime minister

mr. yarmouth. >> thank you mr. chairman.want to ask you about mountain top removal mining which is a process that poses serious risk to health and welfare of appalachian community. and i mentioned two recent victors about mount top. and what resources are available under this budget to help communities endangered by mountain top removal minding. >> i don't have it broken down that way but i'm happy to take a look at this and work with your staff about getting more specific numbers. that is an issue of concern and we're working through these issues. >> i appreciate that very much. earlier today chairman whitfield talked about the clean bill rejected by the congress and which is one way to characterize it and it was only killed because of republicans in the senate who filibustered that bill. if it is fill to say if waxman was enacted and not stopped by senate republicans we would not be involved with clean power rules right now? >> in some ways that might be the case but i don't know that for sure because the filter act really

mr. yarmouth, for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. welcome, administrator mccarthy. i want to ask you about mining which is a process that poses very serious risks to the health and welfare of appalachian communities. i was pleased to note in your epa budget justification you mentioned two recent court victories concerning mt. topi mining, but there's still a lot to be done. what resources will be available under this budget to help communities endangered by mountain top removal mining? >> i'm sorry, i don't have it broken down that way but i'm happy to take a look at this for you and work with your staff on getting more efficient numbers. but it is an issue and a concern, and we're working through these issues. >> earlier today, chairman whitfield mentioned the cap and trade bill, mr. markey who indicates being rejected by the congress. in fact, it did receive a majority of votes in the house and senate. it was only killed because of republicans in the senate who filibustered that bill. is it fair to say that if markey had not been interrupted by the senate, we woul

mr. netanyahu's speech. they say they're protesting the prime minister's appearance as an affront to the president. >> one of the dozens of democratic lawmaker whose plan not to attend the speech is john yarmouth. while a republican to the left of screen will be there with every republican member of congress. both in separate studios. congressman yarmouth do you have a problem with the speech? >> i have a problem with the fact that speaker boehner invited prime minister netanyahu to come two weeks before the israeli elections and specifically invited him to sabotage the administration's efforts to negotiate a settlement to the iran nuclear situation. he explicitly said that. he said i'm not going to sit by and do nothing. and he invited netanyahu to come by and refute the administration position. so i have a very serious objection to that. the issue should not be whether any individual or 50 individuals attend or don't attend the speech. the question is should is this appropriate? where you invite a foreign leader basically to come over and undermine the foreign policy of the united states and then secondly the substance of the issue, which i think is the most important thing, and that is if w